I’ve been thinking about running a DW or BW game set in REH’s Hyborea.

I’ve been thinking about running a DW or BW game set in REH’s Hyborea.

I’ve been thinking about running a DW or BW game set in REH’s Hyborea. What would I need for DW to really capture the mood of a good Conan yarn? Would standard play books work or are there better alternatives?

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  1. As to your original question, I don’t think standad DW will give you quite the Conan feel without a lot of reflavoring. If I were going to do it, I’d probably:

     – assemble some classes from Class Wafare

     – replace the race moves with “path” moves

     – make nationality (what REH would have called “race”) a line to pick from for look

     – make name lists by nationality, using REH’s names, etc. as  

    If you want something that feels even closer to the Conan stories, as Chris S said, there are a few full-fledged Apocalypse World hacks. I think this one is the slickest (you definitely need AW for it to make sense, though).

    http://apocalypse-world.com/forums/index.php?topic=2262.msg13662#msg13662

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